Cher Wang: Most Influential Women in Technology

The 2011 list of female movers and shakers has been released by Fast Company and VIA's Cher Wang, better known as the Chairman of HTC, has made the list as one of the top five executives.

"Wang is also half of one of Taiwan's richest couples. Her husband is Wen Chi Chen, president and CEO of integrated circuit manufacturer VIA Technologies. In 2008, the joint wealth of Wang and Chen was estimated at US$3.5 billion by Forbes. Wang is also VIA Technologies' chairperson.

Her greatest corporate gambit was turning HTC into an indispensable ally of both Google and Microsoft. In the coming years, HTC is poised to be Google and Microsoft's secret weapon in selling their respective smartphone operating systems to the masses."

Cher in the running for China's CCTV Person of the Year

For entrepeneurial skill and for driving a company, HTC, which has gained a higher market share of the mobile phone market than Apple, Cher Wang, who is also the owner of VIA  is up for China's CCTV Person of the Year. In this bad translation of a press article, it appears that Cher has made it through to the top 20.

"Cher Wang SAN December 9 morning news, CCTV, China's recently released 2011 annual figures, a total of 20 finalists with the group, including a number of central enterprises, private enterprises and government officials, HTC (microblogging) Chairman Cher Wang is also ranked which, as the selection of finalists since the founding of the first Taiwanese entrepreneur. Market participants pointed out that Cher Wang selected the CCTV annual economic figures, can be recognized Taiwan as the mainland's economic contribution of a performance, while HTC is not only a few from overseas, 'Red' brand back to the mainland, more mobile in overseas market and Apple's rival, quite representative."